Online Master's Degree
MS in Management
Healthcare

Take Your Career to New Levels with an Online Master’s in Management in Healthcare

The healthcare industry is ablaze with opportunity, with a strong, upward trajectory of double-digit job growth projections - more than twice the growth expected in all occupations. The need for well-educated professionals at the helm of that growth is more important than ever before. Healthcare management provides unique opportunities to combine the best in business standards with highly focused healthcare principles, concepts, systems and practices.

Southern New Hampshire University's Master of Science in Management with a concentration in Healthcare degree - SNHU was one of the first online universities in the nation to offer an MSM in Healthcare - will equip you with the people and project management skills needed to be flexible, responsive and resilient when faced with complex business challenges. At the same time, it will provide critical knowledge integral to strategic decision-making and promotion of continuous, enterprise-wide healthcare quality improvement. The master's in healthcare management will position you as a confident, creative and graceful manager at a pivotal time in healthcare and other key industries.

See Yourself Succeed in Healthcare Management

SNHU's master’s in healthcare management degree program provides a dynamic fusion of vital business principles with a solid concentration in healthcare. Among the business principles you'll explore are: effective business communication; project management; organizational culture and brand; leadership; strategic planning; and talent support and development. Core management courses enable graduates to embrace broad opportunities in a variety of organizations, while concentration courses allow for more focused managerial positions within healthcare.

As a private, nonprofit university, SNHU has one mission – to help you see yourself succeed. The benefits of earning your online master’s in healthcare management at SNHU include:

Accreditation. SNHU is a private, nonprofit university, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), among other accrediting bodies.

Affordability. Take advantage of some of the most affordable tuition rates in the nation.

Efficiency and flexibility. Complete your graduate degree in as few as 15 months, with two courses per 10-week term.

Expert instruction. Program development and instruction by well-respected practitioners in the field, with relevant, real-world experience.

Minimal requirements. No GMAT or GRE required for admission.

Networking. Tap into our nationwide network of alumni for tips and career opportunities.

Student support. Count on the ongoing support of dedicated academic and career advisors specialized in your area of study.

Admission Requirements

Acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis throughout the year for our 5 graduate terms. You can apply at any time and get a decision within days of submitting all required materials. To apply, simply contact an admission counselor, who can help you explore financial options. Your counselor can also walk you through the application process, which involves completing a graduate application ($40 fee) and providing undergraduate transcripts.

Career Outlook

Healthcare is the largest industry in the U.S. - and the second largest employer nationwide with more than 11 million jobs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects, employment of medical and health services managers is projected to grow 20% from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations.* As one of the first online universities to offer an online master's in healthcare management, SNHU's program continues to evolve to meet marketplace demand, positioning you for success in procuring management roles in the healthcare segment and other diverse industries.

Upon completion of the online master's in healthcare management program, you'll be able to:

Utilize multiple methods for supporting and developing talent in employees in the interest of facilitating high performance teams, dispersing expert knowledge, and guiding teams through organizational change

Integrate effective verbal, written, presentation, and technical communication skills for gathering and presenting information, facilitating groups and teams, and building appropriate business relationships across the organizations.

Articulate the importance of business metrics, performance data, and financial analysis for maintaining accountability to the business in management plans and decisions

Evaluate how the brand, mission, and values of organizations can integrate with effective management practices to encourage an enterprising organizational culture and brand stewardship in employees and one's management approach

View Full Curriculum in the Catalog

Courses May Include

MGT
510
Cultivating Organizational Culture

Business leaders are responsible for cultivating, maintaining, and fostering an organizational culture that accurately represents the organization internally and externally, encourages and supports people, and holds organizational members accountable to the vision, mission, and goals of a business. This course provides students with the skills, theories, and practices necessary to identify a strong culture that permeates the ethics, decision-making, and behaviors of the organization. Students will work through advanced cases and apply these experiences to their own learning and organizations.

MGT
600
Resource Planning and Decision Making

This course serves as an advanced exploration into ill-structured situations requiring strategic plans and effective resource management. Students are asked to develop strategies around personnel management, budget allocation, performance metrics, and goal setting. This course prepares students for the advanced concentration courses in their area and serves as a precursor to the integrated capstone experience.

MGT
701
Critical Issues in Management Capstone

This capstone course is the culminating experience for the M.S. in Management program. The aim of the capstone is to assess students' ability to synthesize and integrate the knowledge and skills they have developed throughout their coursework, rather than introducing new concepts. This course is structured to support student success in fulfilling program requirements.

MKT
690
Corporate Communications

This course provides students with an understanding of contemporary issues facing corporations, including consumerism, environmentalism and globalism, and the role of public relations in helping an organization thrive in its environment. The four-part public relations process of research and fact-finding, planning and programming, implementing and communicating and evaluating is reviewed.

OL
500
Human Behavior in Organizations

This course is a study of individuals and groups and their interaction. Students examine theories of motivation, communication, leadership, power and change with practical relation to contemporary issues. They also study organizations for key design variables and reward systems aimed at improved performance and organizational efficiency through employee motivational programs, participative management and cooperative decision making.

OL
600
Strategic Human Resource Management

Examine key regulatory procedures and human resource requirements as they relate to applications in organizations. Analyze the strategic role of the human resource manager in performing functions of recruitment, hiring, training, career development and other contemporary processes within the organizational setting. Study concepts aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Body of Competency and Knowledge (BoCK).

QSO
500
Business Research

This course presents an overview of the various primary and secondary research methodologies used in the business world and the application of statistical techniques to those strategies. The focus of this course is the design and execution of a practical, primary research. It is recommended that this course be one of the first three taken in degree programs in which it is required.

QSO
640
Project Management

This course includes the study of concepts, tools, and practices of project management. The course adopts a managerial process approach to Project Management, which consists of initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing the project. Major topics will include project scope, project time, project cost, project quality, project risk, project resources, project communications and how to be an effective project manager. Cases are utilized to integrate the learning in the course and provide decision- making experience for the student.

IHP
610
Health Policy and Law

Students in this course examine the role of health law and policy in the healthcare system. Students explore concepts and principles of law, public health, health law, health policy, finance, legal control, and risk management, as well as their application to the healthcare environment through the lens of the professional discipline. Students evaluate the impact of health law and policy and multicultural, socioeconomic, and political factors on access disparities. Students examine ways to articulate the needs of individuals, communities, and vulnerable populations to consumers, health system officials, and government officials. Students also focus on the opportunities for key stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, to shape health laws and policies.

HCM
615
Healthcare Reimbursement Systems and Finance

Explore financial management and healthcare reimbursement systems in the United States. Students focus on the practical application of financial concepts and skills in healthcare settings including third-party payers, Medicare/Medicaid payments, managing working capital, resource allocation, and the impact of health reform.

HCM
620
Healthcare Information Management

This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the management and technical issues surrounding healthcare information systems today. Information systems are complex and increasingly instrumental in supporting quality patient care and in pursuing cost-saving efficiencies in healthcare settings. The course explores how healthcare information technology is transforming the healthcare delivery system. Significant topics in this field include: patient-centered technologies, privacy laws, electronic medical records, measuring outcomes, and evidence-based practice.

HCM
630
Healthcare Quality

Healthcare quality is one of the important drivers of reform in the U.S. healthcare system. This course introduces students to the foundational principles and techniques of quality management. The course explains the central components and importance of quality, and the tools and techniques to continuously measure, assess, improve and transform the healthcare system. Key topics in quality management include: regulatory mandates and accreditation standards, performance measurement and improvement, methods for redesign of healthcare processes, patient safety and strategies to reduce healthcare errors, and the role of information management systems and technology in healthcare.

Utilize multiple methods for supporting and developing talent in employees in the interest of facilitating high performance teams, dispersing expert knowledge, and guiding teams through organizational change

Integrate effective verbal, written, presentation, and technical communication skills for gathering and presenting information, facilitating groups and teams, and building appropriate business relationships across the organization

Articulate the importance of business metrics, performance data, and financial analysis for maintaining accountability to the business in management plans and decisions

Evaluate how the brand, mission, and values of organizations can integrate with effective management practices to encourage an enterprising organizational culture and brand stewardship in employees and one's management approach

Tuition & Fees

Tuition rates for SNHU's online degree programs are among the lowest in the nation. We offer a 25% tuition discount for U.S. service members, both full and part time, and the spouses of those on active duty.

Online Graduate Programs

Per Course*

Per Credit Hour*

Degree/Certificates

$1,881

$627

Degree/Certificates
(U.S. service members, both full and part time, and the spouses of those on active duty)

University Accreditation

Southern New Hampshire University is a private, nonprofit institution accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education as well as several other accrediting bodies. More...

*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, on the Internet, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/home.htm (viewed online December 22, 2017); https://www.bls.gov/ooh/Management/Medical-and-health-services-managers.htm (viewed online December 15, 2017). Cited projections may not reflect local and/or short-term economic or job conditions and do not guarantee actual job growth. American College of Healthcare Executives, Career Resource Center, on the Internet, at https://www.ache.org/carsvcs/ycareer.cfm (viewed online December 22, 2017).